Tag: About UGA
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Fossil finding new life as a landscape tree
Homeowners may soon be able to own a miniature version of a living fossil thanks…
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Cultivating caviar
Caviar is one of the world’s most prized delicacies, but overfishing has pushed wild sturgeon…
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Teaching teachers in the Andes
High in the cloud forests of Ecuador, Georgia public school teachers listened and waited.
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Inmates grow food, skills at new garden
Some gardeners shop for the best gloves, hat or kneeling mat. Others gear up by…
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Georgia freshwater fish
This is no fish tale: a new Georgia Museum of Natural History Web site offers…
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Look! Up in the sky!
Pegasus, the mythical winged horse, left more to human history than the fanciful idea of…
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Need for vitamin supplements among Georgia’s elderly
A new study by University of Georgia researchers shows that despite the availability of fortified…
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UGA research explores little-known chapter in college desegregation
Many of the battles to desegregate Southern colleges and universities were fought in public, but…
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Hope that they’re still out there
Until credible sightings popped up three years ago, the scientific world was in agreement that…
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Move to Improve
A workplace program that encourages employees to set exercise goals substantially increased workers’ physical activity,…
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Monkeying around
When Tchaikovsky penned The Nutcracker, the last thing he probably had in mind was a…
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Rethinking groundwater contamination
A new University of Georgia study suggests that health agencies investigating Salmonella illnesses should consider…
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Protecting preemies
Arena N. Richardson considers the red-stained slide of a rod-shaped bacillus named Enterobacter sakazakii, or…
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Testing for Alzheimer’s
Researchers have revealed a direct relationship between two specific antibodies and the severity of Alzheimer’s…
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Obesity linked to poor bone health
Being overweight is a known risk factor for heart disease, diabetes, and a host of…
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Deep in the mud
Everyone knows of volcanoes and their ability to do anything from burying cities to changing…
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Finding the missing link
There may be a lot of fish in Georgia’s waters, but Robert Bringolf is looking…
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Putting a price tag on elections
The Carl Vinson Institute of Government in collaboration with the National Association of Counties and…
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License to invent
Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs and … professors at UGA?
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Fewer twisters
Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by…
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Big discovery of a tiny animal
Researchers from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources weren’t looking…
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The heat is on
University of Georgia kinesiology researchers will launch a new study of 2,500 football players at…
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Restoring the American chestnut
In their prime, the American chestnut trees stood a hundred feet tall and six feet…
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Electrified water packs powerful health punch
Health-conscious consumers know the benefits of eating high-antioxidant foods like fruits, vegetables, beans and nuts.…
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